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Author: Joyce Grenfell
Format: Online
Author Joyce Grenfell
Narrator Maureen Lipman
Duration 1h 4m
This is a selection of poems by Joyce Grenfell. Known and loved for her inimitable songs and monologues, Joyce Grenfell's first earnings came from her poetry, which she wrote throughout her life. These poems are full of the wit and observation that are the hallmarks of the monologues that made her name. They are perceptive, witty and amusing and a...
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The Waste Land & the Four Quartets
Author: T. S. Eliot
Format: Online
Author T. S. Eliot
Narrator Paul Scofield
Duration 1h 35m
These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot. The Wasteland, first published in 1922, is one of Eliot's most influential works and has long been on the syllabus for A-Level English Literature. The Four Quartets consists of four long poems, first published between 1935 and 1942....
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Author: Spike Milligan
Format: Online
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
Duration 49m
From the pen of comic genius Spike Milligan, here are sixty-two hilarious gems read by Spike himself including 'Ying-Tong-Iddle-I-Po', 'This is a Stick Up' and 'Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants'.
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Author: John Betjeman
Format: Online
Author John Betjeman
Narrator John Betjeman
Duration 2h
In the famous tones of Sir John himself, this autobiography in verse poignantly describes the pains and pleasures of growing up.
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Author: Pam Ayres
Format: Online
Author Pam Ayres
Narrator Pam Ayres
Duration 1h 56m
This recording is taken from four of writer, poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres''s live shows for her BBC Radio 4 series Ayres on the Air, and is packed with her usual mix of comic poetry, prose and droll observations on life. . Here, Pam can be heard delighting her public on such topics as holidays, families, ageing and country living. With sketches a...
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Judi Dench & Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Judi Dench, Michael Williams
Duration 2h 22m
In this enchanting pair of programmes from 1991 and 1996, Dame Judi Dench and husband Michael Williams shared an eclectic selection of pieces that they loved, admired or simply found entertaining. 'With Great Pleasure' saw Judi Dench and Michael Williams joined by fellow actor Alec McCowen to read some of the literature that shaped their lives. Amo...
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John Betjeman; A First Class Collection
Author: John Betjeman
Format: Online
Author John Betjeman
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 23m
Sir John Betjeman, poet, broadcaster, journalist, prose writer and critic, was one of the best-loved figures of the twentieth century. Betjeman was a prolific writer and his poems still resonate today. This release celebrates the centenary of Betjeman's birth
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Betjeman's Britain: Poems From the BBC Archives
Author: John Betjeman
Format: Online
Author John Betjeman
Narrator John Betjeman
Duration 2h 3m
Sir John Betjeman was one of the best-known and loved Poet Laureates. Even after his death, his popularity continues to garner acclaim and new admirers. Fortunately, he left behind a legacy of poetry readings and performances in the BBC archives that can be enjoyed in this comprehensive collection. Selected from over 30 years of radio and televisio...
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Author: Pam Ayres
Format: Online
Author Pam Ayres
Narrator Pam Ayres
Duration 1h 51m
A third selection of verses, stories and sketches from the much-loved poet and comedian. Pam Ayres brings you four brand new shows made up of a delightful mix of poems, personal stories and sketches on subjects that have recently inspired her: 'In the Doghouse', 'Passion', 'On Yer Bike' and 'Shopping'.
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Best of Second World War Poetry
Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Cliff Michelmore
Duration 3h 3m
A sensitive and enlightening collection of war poetry. Released to celebrate the 60th anniversaries of both VE and VJ days, this collection of powerful and moving poetry, read by a star cast of readers including Spike Milligan and Phil Collins, is a feast of a listen. Containing over 100 poems, it charts the war from beginning to end, through the e...
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Author: William Wordsworth
Format: Online
Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Jasper Britton
Duration 1h 18m
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early manhood by the French Revolution, he grew disillusioned with revolutionary poli...
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Author: John Milton
Format: Online
Author John Milton
Narrator Anton Lesser
Duration 3h 55m
A poem of epic scale, which conjures up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranges across huge tracts of space and time. Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, the plight of Adam and Eve and the ambition and vengefulness of Satan and his cohorts.
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The Pam Ayres Poetry Collection
Author: Pam Ayres
Format: Online
Author Pam Ayres
Narrator Pam Ayres
Duration 2h 5m
Pam Ayres reads over 50 of her best-known and loved poems, including 'I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth', 'I'm a Starling, Me Darling' and 'Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter'.
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The Very Best of Robert Browning
Author: Robert Browning
Format: Online
Author Robert Browning
Narrator James Mason
Duration 1h 33m
English poet and playwright, Robert Browning's mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Here his finest work is read by James Mason, Boris Karloff and Robert Donat.
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In Flander's Fields and Other Poems About War
Author: John McCrae, Wilfred Owen
Format: Online
Author John McCrae, Wilfred Owen
Narrator Ralph Cosham
Duration 53m
In WWI, possibly the most horrific modern war, two soldier poets described inner impressions telling us much about war and the people who fight them.
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Author: By Jane Ogborn Edited
Format: Online
Author By Jane Ogborn Edited
Narrator Jan Boyd
Duration 1h 35m
Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are the three nineteenth-century poets explored in this collection.
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Author: Various
Format: Online
Author Various
Narrator Various
SeriesVoices of Poetry, Book 1
Duration 20m
Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hoard; ee cummings, Prose Jottings; Archibald Macleish, The Old Man To The Lizard; Ted Hughes, Six Young Men; May Swenson, Naked In Borneo; Marilyn Hacker, The Dark Twin; Kenneth Patchen, 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven; Edith Sitwell, An Ol...
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Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Format: Online
Author Alfred Lord Tennyson
Narrator Joseph Millson
Duration 56m
Joseph Millson reads Alfred Lord Tennyson's 1855 dark and lyrical poem Maud in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth in 2009. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the 'Classic Serial' slot on 26 July 2009 and repeated on 1 August 2009. A disturbed young man roams the windswept hills, haunted by his father's suicide and his moth...
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Author: William Wordsworth
Format: Online
Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Ian Mckellen
Duration 1h 53m
William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude is arguably the most important piece of poetic writing in our language. Recorded in Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Cumbria, Wordsworth looks back over events in his early life. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, and in that way it was re...
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Author: William Wordsworth
Format: Online
Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Ian Mckellen
SeriesThe Prelude, Book 1
Duration 56m
William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude is arguably the most important piece of poetic writing in our language. Recorded in Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Cumbria, Wordsworth looks back over events in his early life. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, and in that way it was re...
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Author: William Wordsworth
Format: Online
Author William Wordsworth
Narrator Ian Mckellen
SeriesThe Prelude, Book 2
Duration 57m
William Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude is arguably the most important piece of poetic writing in our language. Recorded in Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Cumbria, Wordsworth looks back over events in his early life. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, and in that way it was re...
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